St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-30
Convention Catches.

The Eighth ward delegates. when they came
to nominate an alderman, chose Fl. W. Foote
chairman and elected D. A. Stoneman candi-
date for alderman on the first ballot, by a vote
Of Ii to /. Z. L. Rocks, Il Mumford delegate,
remarked that while the Stoneman delegates
had il maj ority, in the interest OF the party u
compromise candidate should be agreed upon.
The chairman replied that no good Repub-
ican would desert his party because his can
didate was not nominated. At this G.. w.
Turnbull tartly remarked that il was hard to
tel! what good Republican was when such
men as Albert Lawrence and G. +. Bachus
ProhibitioniSts who voted for ST. John. were
rlassed as good Republicans. At this Mr..
Backus cleared the space between himself
and Turnbull at bound, and made wild
attempt to strike him, at the same time Shrek
ing oat: ITS false, I'm not aPronibitonist."
The featherweights were separated and fat
delegate pulled the sanguinary BackuS into
his seat and held him-harmony (?) was thus
restored.
w. II. Foote-When the angel Gabriel
sounds his trumpet, announcing the day of
Judgment, some poor little devil will be sure
to come squeaking around to disturb the
solemnty of the occasion. Just so, in this
convention some soreheads come whining
around trying to break the peace. A small
Still voice: "Rats!"
r. r. Odell-Lane declined to put motion
to go into committee of the whole to see if
they could draw to that pair-Jim WorralI
and himself. / guess the reason was that
there was not third of the KIDD in the house.
unless Ed Stevens would .play. l saw him IN
the gallery and he would have been the first
card drawn.
c. A. Pillsbury thought it impossible that
any Republican would stuff a ballot box and
therefore thought that the afhdavits read by
MIR. Rocks were of no account. When they
were read he looked puzzled, and said be
guessed he would go over to the Democratic
a-fxy vhora TO c-olI<
Just why Ed Johnson will persist in wear
ing little soft felt hat at political conven-
tons has never been satisfactorily explained
Nor has it been explained why Freeman p.
Lane wears silk hat. He lays his being
elected chairman to the effect that he wore
his nascotte, that time-honored fur vest.
c. P. Preston was shut down on every few
moments, but 1T made no differe nee; when he
saw chance to slip in word edgewise it
went in, Notwithstanding the protests Of the
chairman and other members of the conven-
ton.
Cash Higbee occupied lot 4, section 10, town
200, range 4, and looked solemn and sad. He
said he was wondering il the Republican
party would ever keep any of the many proEi-
Uses it had made to the laboring men.
Robert JamisOn-There were members of
the committee on credentials who had too
much interest in the result. was appointed
by members who whispered behind my back
vote for the MumfOrd delegation
A colored gentleman in the gallery during
the row over the delegations entitled to rep
resentation, calmly leaned back IN his seat
and went to sleep. Some one woke him up by
chucking q peanut in his mouth.
Would-be City Clerk Atterbury hobnobbed
with every one of any Importance and was
careful to caution them all not to pledge
themselves to support any one until after he
had seen them again.
Freeman P. Lane made one of the best
chairmen Republican convention ever had.
He allowed no foolishness and squelched